Dopamine's role in social modulation of infant isolation-induced vocalization: I. Reunion responses to the dam, but not littermates, are dopamine dependent

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-146

  Shair, Harry N ^a,b   Muller, Jeff M ^a,b   Moore, Holly ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Dopamine; Infant dam relations; Isolation; Nucleus accumbens; Rat; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; LIGAND; QUINPIROLE; RACLOPRIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; HUMAN RELATION; NONHUMAN; PUP (RODENT); RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SIBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BENZAZEPINES; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; QUINPIROLE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

RATTUS;

EID: 66149097831     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20353     Document Type: Article

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